St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-21
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Lake Linden, Mich, Completely
Destr Dyed by Fire.

Lake Linden, Mich, Completely
Destr Dyed by Fire.
Special TO the Globe.
ISHPEMING, Mich. May 2O.-A special
tonight from Calumet says: The vii
lage of Lake Linden, on Torch lake,
keweeau county, is destroyed by fire
The flames broke out at II 30 in the
brick block of Newman Il TreleaSe, and
from there spread rapidly. Calumet
Hancock and Houghton were called on
for help, and responded quickly with
the fire departments, but the tiremen
were unable to stop the spread of the
flames, and before O'Clock the city was
mass of smoking ruins. Over 200
buildings were burned. The only bust
ness buildings left are one saloon and
one small store. The loss is fully 2,000,-
coo; insurance, S1:;;5, 600, i'll English and
Eastern companies principally. During
the fire heavy gale prevailed. The
flames leaped from block to block, de-
stroying brick and stone buildings as
easily as wooden ones. There is said to
be considerable loss of life, but the re-
port cannot be verified at the present
of the Calumet q Hecla. were scorched
but not destroyed. Lake Linden is a
town of about 5000 people. Many will
be without shelter tonight. Forest fires
threaten Crystal Falls, Whitney and
NeStOua with destruction. The fires are
worse than ever before.
IN WISCONSIN.
Special to the Globe.
LA CROSSE, Wis, May 20.-Alarming
reports are received here of forest fires
ON the east fork of the Black river. They
began some days ago, near the Green
Bay railroad track, ran into the woods
two miles to the river and burned
3,000,00O feet of Railways logs, besides
doing some damage to the logs of S. &
j. {. Atlee, of Fort Madison. The fire
is spreading through the woods towards
points where large quantities of logs
yet remain on the rollWayS on account
of the low streams, which prevented the
breaking of landings. tits said the fire
runs through green timber as readily as
dry, running to the tops of the tallest
trees like flash. The whole country is
as dry as tinder, there having been no
rain worth mentioning this year. Great
damage is feared.
THE DETAILS.
HoUGHToN, Mich, May 20-The fire at
Lake Linden broke out as the whistles
were blowing II o'clock. and in a few
minutes a dense smoke was Issuing
from hole in the roof of Neuman Il
Treleases dry good store. An eXplo-
sion soon followed, and Immediately
the building was wrapped i'll flames,
which spread to adjoining buildings in
an incredibly short space of time. The
fire department was fifteen minutes in
reaching the fire after it broke out, and
was helpless, the flames having made
such headway that no agency of man
could be of any avail. Had the fire
broken out at night hundreds of lives
would have been lost. Words fail to
picture the awful speed with which the
flames swept through the doomed town,
families rushing from their homes to
the street, saving only the clothes on
their back. Hundreds of families are
rootlesS tonight, without bedding or
clothing except what they have on. No
stores are left to furnish supplies, and
Hancock and Houghton merchants are
sending material and bedding to the
homeless people. Neuman is in Eu-
rope. TreleaSe was in Calumet when
the fire broke out, and reached Lake
Linden to see his block and store
wholly
ENVELoPED IN FLAMES.
The flames swept clean to the shores
of the lake from the school house, half
a mile, three or four blocks wide. The
town is wiped out. The intense excite
ment at this hour makes it hard to get
at the real facts. The losses on stores
alone foot up to S500,000. William liar
ris, general store and residence, $4,000;
Neuman & Trelease, general stock,
$4,000; n. Reding & Co., general store,
$4,000; Neuman q Hart, clothing stock,
$4,000: d. w. Sutter, bank, dwelling
and buildings, $4,000; Therault &
Deschamp, drug store, $4,000; Joseph
Bachen d Co., brewers, S65,000: l. G.
Gorbiel, $4,000; Paul Perault, brick
block, $4,000; Arthur Noble, drug
store, $4,000: E. Henwood, hardware,
$1,000; Mailer u Hubberly, h otel,
5000; George Dqquett, hotel and livery
stable, $1,000; Leon Gillett, jewelry
store, $4,000; A. H. McDougail, mer-
chant tailor, 81, GOO: Fred Bizewell, meat
market, $1,000; Joseph Pearce, hard
ware, $1,000; Herbert Blum, liquor
stock, $1,000; Telephone exchange, in
strumentS and plant, $1,000. The follow
ing
DWELLINGS ARE DESTROYED:
I'M. Messner, George Owens, Leon Gill
lett, two houses, jewelry store and tailor
shop; j. T. HIPS store and dwelling;
L. Reading, l.. Arnott, Neuman d IRE
lease, store, barn and warehouse; Will
lam JcWeJl; uOIcl anu UiiH MdiNllIU
MusgroYe, dwelling and barn, j.
Schwab, dwelling; N. Carpenter, saloon
and dwelling; Adolph Lizot, shoe shop;
B. f. Brown, livery stable and barn; G,
Brule, harness shop; n. Sarazin, dwell
ing; a. F. Dewitt, drug store and dwell
ing; Alex. Barber, boarding house;
Jacob Getzen, grocery store and dwell
ing; S. Lancelet, saloon and dwelling;
William Green. dry goods and dwelling;
W. NJ. Green, saloon and dwelling; l..
Deschamp, store and hall; William
IIoske, saloon and dwelling; NJ. Lap
laut, dwelling and barn; Jerry Bell,
dwelling and shed; p. w. Parrault.
dwelling; p. w. Parrault, brick block;
~ Forticr, boarding house; John Ben
nsJock, meat market and notions; John
Bennalock, dwelling; Mary Hoar, dwell
ing; l.. Deschamp, candy store and Off
ces; n. Reding & Co., store; Leo Owens,
dwelling; Charles Therry, saloon:
Charles Thcrry, dwelling.